hertz
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛʁts/
hertz is spelled H-E-R-T-Z (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hertz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hertz (unit of frequency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade de frequência no sistema internacional de unidades (SI), equivalente à frequência de um fenômeno…”.
What does hertz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehertz (unit of frequency)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade de frequência no sistema internacional de unidades (SI), equivalente à frequência de um fenômeno periódico que repete uma vez por segundo e cujo símbolo é Hz
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hertz?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛʁts/
- Brazil [ˈhɛhts]
- Brazil /ˈʁɛʁ.t͡ʃis/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hertz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hertz in Portuguese?
hertz appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).